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Smith and Kosslyn (2007) define memory as a set of representations and processes by which information is encoded, consolidated, and retrieved. (p. 538). Models have been developed to show processes such as short-term storage that allows for problem solving and for how memory is processed from sensory input to long-term storage. Although, there are many representations of these types of processes, only a few will be discussed in this paper. As credit is due to all the theories and tasks that have been completed to give evidence that these processes do exist; at the present day moment experts still are not sure exactly how our brain works. Experiments done to study the processes built evidence neurologically that parts of the memory systems do show activity in parts of the brain. Making many of these modalities and processes valid and reliable when considering the main sections of memory. Consider the two main sections of memory: short term memory and long-term memory. Short-term memory and long-term memory both have been examined through machinery such as a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan to prove that these processes do show through brain activity thus increasing our understanding of memory. Let us begin by further discussing long-term memory then short-term memory before attempting the contrivance of working

Memory is an idea that people often rely on for important information, however, it is something that we cannot often always rely on. Although we all believe that our memories are true, researchers have found just how easy it is to implant another idea into our brain. Multiple studies have been conducted demonstrating just how simple it is to misconstrue a false idea to be real. Researcher Bartlett (1932) was able to give us key terms to identify the concepts of memory which are reproductive and reconstructive memory. Reproductive memory is accurate memory, but reconstructive memory is trying to remember ideas and concepts but contain many errors (Bartlett, 1932, p.) These words are very important in understanding the concept of memory because

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Human memory is becoming a worldwide investigation in the fields of psychology. Atkinson-Shiffrin model suggests long term and short term memory. The model believes that long term memory is caused by several rehearsals such maintenance rehearsal, elaborative rehearsal, and distinctiveness. Similarly levels of processing—depth of processing, which involves shallow processing and deep processing—involve processes that influence memory. However, unlike Atkinson-Shiffrin model, levels of processing do not distinguish memory into short term and long term. The theory believes that elaborative rehearsal, or deep processing, improves long term memory. Craik and Lockhart (1972) proposed that deep level of processing led to longer lasting memory while

99). There are three structures involved in the information processing model; sensory register, short-term store and long-term store (Tangen & Borders 2017, p. 99). The sensory model is a way of attaining information through any of the five senses; smell, sound, taste, sight and touch (Tangen & Borders 2017, p. 101). Most information attained through the senses only lasts for up to three seconds (Tangen & Borders 2017, p. 101). However, if attention is paid to the information, it can be processed to the short-term store/ short term memory (Tangen & Borders 2017, p. 101). If information stored in the short-term memory is not learned and given attention, it will decay over time (Schunk 2012, p. 183). The short-term memory has a small capacity, and large amounts of information cannot all be stored (Schunk 2012, p. 183). To make it esier, information can be shortened or broken up to fit it in the short-term memory (Schunk 2012, p. 183). Information that is used will be transferred into the long-term store/ long-term memory (Schunk 2012, p. 183). There are different strategies to strengthen the memory of information from short-term to long-term. This can be done through repetition, relating it to information already known and organising information into meaningful units (Tangen & Borders 2017, p. 103). The long-term memory is a permanent supply of learnt

The concept of time and memories is something that has truly baffled people for ages. Time is unwavering, but seems to go faster or slower, depending on the event, as Einstein’s theory of relativity explains. Our brains have a gargantuan amount of space, it seems, for memories to be stored, but so many of them eventually fade. When it comes to time and memories, humans are stumped on how it all truly works. That is why these concepts are so widely puzzled over and so commonly mentioned. This “mentioning” includes Hamlet, in which our melancholy main character muddles over the fact that the passing of his father had happened so much longer ago than he had believed, and the memories that society had retained of him are coming and going at

Although on the surface, the element of memory in the study of psychology may seem basic and rudimentary, the depths of memory are essentially, untapped. To truly understand the depths of memory, one must understand the storage of memory, the recollection of memory, and the processes of sharing memories. In order to obtain a better understanding of the subject matter, the examination of the independent documentary, Stories We Tell, was applied. Memory is also conceptualized into types, stages, and processes. These principles were measured in the lucrative and thorough examination of a childhood memory. In order to ensure the reliability and validity of the memory, the use of self-recollection, the use of recording, and the use of sharing with

We can forget information through decay which is the when memories fade away that happens in sensory and short-term memory. Interference can cause us to forget because it is a memory blocking or deleting another memory. Two types of interference are retroactive and proactive interference. Retroactive interference is when new information interferes with the old information. Proactive interference is when old information interferes with the new information. We can also repress our memories which means that we push the unwanted memory so deep inside the mind it becomes outside of our awareness. Cue-dependent forgetting is the most common type of forgetting which is when we cannot access a memory because we don’t have enough retrieval cues. State-dependent learning is important because we can access memories better if we are in the same environmental and emotional state. Retrograde amnesia is when we lose memories before an event occurred. Anterograde amnesia is when we can’t form new memories after an event occurs. A study that exemplifies forgetting is Millner & Scoville (1957) study on H.M. They found out that H.M could no longer be able to form new memories because the hippocampus is needed to transfer short-term memories into long-term memories. Since H.M is no longer able to form new memories, he suffers from anterograde amnesia. (Millner & Scoville,

After we pay attention to an event, the event goes into our short term memory. There we can choose to encode it, or send it to long-term memory, or ignore the information where we will eventually forget it. Failure to encode a memory properly in our short-term memory can result in inaccurate long-term memories.

This occurs because of the way our brain retrieves information. In order to recall an event we have to reconstruct information using nerve pathways that were associated together during the event. Other information, such as knowledge prior and after the event may integrate into this reconstruction and so what is assumed to be the correct recall of the event may have been altered. (Read et al.)

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Repressed memories do not disappear. There are possibilities that they can have an increasing effect and reappear as anxiety or dysfunctional behavior. Repressed memories can appear and be triggered through subconscious methods and in altered forms, such as dreams or if someone says a certain word/phrase. High levels of

The different stores of long-term memory consists of explicit memory, which is knowledge, or memories that an individual can recall consciously. And that is broken down into two different stores called semantic memory and episodic memory. Semantic memory is considered to be the knowledge of facts and concepts regarding the universe. Episodic memory is firsthand personal of accounts that we have experienced similar to an important event that may have occurred in one’s life. There is also implicit memory, which is influences of experiences on behavior. Implicit memory is broken down into three separate stores. The first store is procedural memory, which refers to the often-unexplainable knowledge of how to do things such as walking and speaking. Then there is priming, which is known as the changes in behavior due to the result of experiences. Then there is learning through classical conditioning. Explicit is part of long-term memory and its two branches are part of the sensory memory store. Implicit memory resides all within short-term memory. We know this due to the experiments conducted by